English
Etymology
back-formation|Back-formation from term|stridulation. (From earlier term term|stridulous; from L. term|stridulus "giving a shrill sound, creaking," from term|stridere "to utter an inarticulate sound, grate, creak".)
Verb
en-verb|stridulates|stridulating|stridulated
- intransitive To make a high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers do, by rubbing certain body parts together.
#*1984, w:John_Updike|John Updike, w:The_Witches_of_Eastwick|The Witches of Eastwick, p55
#*:The crickets stridulated their everlasting monotonous meaningful note.
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